How to Use accession in a Sentence

accession

noun
  • This month's change of reign will come on the 52nd anniversary of her accession.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • He has not been seen in public since his accession following his father's death.
    — Emma Graham, CNBC, 4 July 2026
  • But things have not gone according to plan – in fact, almost from the start, the accession process has hit some bumps in the road.
    — Marja Heinonen, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But the overall aim must be finding a pathway for Kyiv’s accession.
    — Carl Bildt, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • All are at different stages of the EU accession process.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • Swingle’s accession was by no means the first such shipment sent to the US from points East.
    — Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Details of the arrangement would be established by the accession treaty, one of them said.
    — Jasmina Kuzmanovic, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Under the accession rules, any member state can veto a new country from joining.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The book also had two accession numbers, which were used to identify the library’s books at the time of its founding.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • With the accession of his father King Charles, Prince William is now the heir to the throne.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2022
  • King Charles will privately mark the first anniversary of his accession in Scotland.
    — Town & Country, 24 July 2023
  • Finland joined the alliance in April even though the two Nordic countries had initially agreed to work on the accession process in lock-step.
    — Kevin Whitelaw, Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2023
  • Past enlargements have shown the enormous benefits both for the accession countries and the EU.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Europe, of course, is mostly responsible for Kyiv’s accession.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Orban of Hungary, for instance, has vetoed aid to and accession talks with Ukraine and sanctions on Russia at least ten times.
    — Matthias Matthijs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The Turkish parliament’s ratification of the accession protocol is one of the last steps in the process.
    — Karl Ritter, Suzan Fraser and Lorne Cook, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2023
  • King Charles has continued his mother's tradition of spending some of the late summer at Balmoral since his accession.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • During that time, accession talks are slated to accelerate for Ukraine and Moldova, among others.
    — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Queen Mary of Denmark ringing in her first birthday since her husband King Frederik’s accession.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The alliance has also been boosted by Finland, a new member as of last year and one with a large standing army, and by the likely accession of Sweden.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The King, 74, marked the anniversary of his mother's death and his own accession quietly at Balmoral.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • George will also likely be given the title of Prince of Wales, though that may depend on his age and marital status at the time of his father's accession.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
  • On the anniversary of her accession to the throne in February, the queen moved to end the long-running controversy over the status of Charles’ wife.
    — Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The fantasy of Ukraine’s accession to NATO should be dispensed with.
    — Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Due to the pandemic, his accession to crown prince and as next in line to the throne took place privately in 2020, per the BBC.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Earlier this year, the United Kingdom started the formal accession process, and China may be poised to join the agreement.
    — Wendy Cutler, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2021
  • On the day of her accession to the Throne, Great Britain continued to suffer the economic and societal aftershocks of world war.
    — Town & Country, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Their accession to the alliance – which ended longstanding policies of non-alignment – was spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • King Charles gave his first Christmas broadcast in December 2022, just three months after his accession.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
  • However, royal watchers were quick to spot that the crest needs an update following King Charles' accession to the throne in 2022.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'accession.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: